No elephants this time. Instead meet Inspector Persis Wadia of the Bombay City Police - the first female police detective in India (modelled on a real heroine). It is 1949 - India newly independent - Persis has the cards stacked against her as she leads the investigation into the death of a prominent English diplomat. She steps off the page - spiky, smart and uncompromising, as different from Chopra as possible but just as engaging.
(Ferelith Hordon - bwl 100 Spring 2021 ) |
